User Experience Design
Graduates of the User Experience (UX) Design program will expand future possibilities in people’s daily lives through products, environments, systems and services that are enhanced by technologically mediated human interactions.
The Program
This program is situated at the intersection of technology and creative practice. Here, students learn how to design technologically mediated systems and experiences, and human interactions with objects, spaces, and interfaces. Through in-depth user research, iterative prototyping, and usability testing, students will explore experiences amidst new and emerging technologies in areas including artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR), robotics, smart mobility, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
UX Design is currently a STEM-designated program. International students completing this program qualify to apply for the STEM OPT (optional practical training) extension.
Degrees Offered
Featured Alumni
The program is grounded in creativity, speculative thinking, and experimental practices in response to rich socio- and techno-cultural themes. With access to CCS’s world-class studios and resources, students further their own skills and knowledge through hands-on learning. Critical inquiry and design provocations sharpen insights as students become adept with models of interaction, experience, and communication.
Students will learn to sketch and prototype with hardware and software for design ideation and development and apply code to bring creative concepts to life. Students will also learn about physical and cognitive ergonomics in human-machine and system interactions.
CAREER CHOICES
User experience (UX) design
Interaction design
Design research
Digital visualization
Content design
Systems design
Human factors research and cognitive ergonomics
Automotive UX and smart mobility
User interface (UI) design
Digital business and entrepreneurship
Service design
Academic research (Ph.D.)
Facilities
User Experience Design studio
User Experience Design studio
User Experience Design presentation
User Experience Design studio
A product of User Experience Design students
User Experience Design research
Research and idea mapping
Featured Alumni
Roland Frohman III
Interaction Designer
BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
Brendan Quinn
Senior UX Designer
TomTom
Ke (Coco) Xu
Product Designer
Domino’s Pizza
Chiamin Lin
Systemic Designer
GTB
Gissoo Doroudian
User Experience Designer
Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, Princeton University
Khyati Shah
Senior Product Owner
Quicken Loans
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CCS prepares students to enter a global economy in which creativity shapes better communities and societies. Here, creative minds can both explore and thrive. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world.
In The News
CCS Appoints Internationally Renowned Interaction Designer to Chair Graduate UX Design Program
In a move to drive the highest level of experimentation and research, the College for Creative Studies has appointed a new academic chair that will encourage students to push boundaries and break new ground in the burgeoning field of advanced UX design.
CCS to Host International Art, Design and Research Conference in Detroit
College for Creative Studies Introduces Reinvisioned and Forward-Thinking Graduate Programs
New advanced, STEM-designated, studio-based degree programs look to the future of design, climate and education.
